A passionate wrestler from picturesque Hemberg in Switzerland's Toggenburg region, Werner Schlegel was considered one of the secret favorites to win the ESAF 2025. Since childhood, he has been passionate about wrestling. Indeed, he was already recognized as a talent when he was a young boy. Wresting literally runs in his DNA; his father was also a wrestler, having won five cantonal wrestling trophies of his own.

At the age of 25, Lukas already looks back on an impressive career on the ice. He can not only call himself an Olympian, but also boasts a bronze medal from the 2025 European Championships and is a four-time Swiss figure skating champion.

Kimmy Repond started figure skating the age of four. The 17-year-old Basel native's fascination with figure skating was no coincidence: both of her older sisters were figure skaters as well. Kimmy holds a general qualification for university and can now fully concentrate on her passion, figure skating.

Always a passionate skier, Talina Gantenbein made it into the Swiss-Ski national team at the age of just 23. Back in January 2021, the Swiss ski cross hopeful stunned the audience, coming in fourth at the World Championships in Idre. Furthermore, she finished an incredible first in the 2016 Youth Olympic Games.

Speed, explosiveness, strength, diligence, passion: This is what Salomé Kora, one of the fastest women in Switzerland and part of the successful Swiss 4x100m relay team, stands for. Her motivation to beat the magic mark and the sound barrier of 11 seconds in the women's 100m sprint is unbroken. She also participated in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Practically born on skis thanks to his father, Sandro Bovisi took up ski jumping and the Nordic combination at the tender age of six. With his goal always in mind, Sandro is fully committed to practicing every day and thus made it into the elite B squad in spring 2020. He has been training with the Swiss-Ski World Cup group ever since.

Katja Grossmann first stood on skis at the age of two, which sparked her passion for the sport. A lot of discipline, passion and strong will finally took Katja into the Swiss-Ski B squad, despite a few setbacks due to injuries along the way.

Alexia Paganini took her first steps on ice skates at the age of two – it was the beginning of a great love for figure skating, which continues to this day. With a lot of discipline and passion, the Swiss-American dual citizen has been competing successfully for Switzerland since 2017. To date, the 22-year-old has been Swiss champion four times, came in 4th at the 2020 European Championships and competed at the 2018 Olympics and the 2022 World Championships.